The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 21, 1924 Page: 4 of 4
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Christian Cngors End T. I. A. A. Race Drawing
Season With Two Wins Rapidly to A Close
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a knock-down-and-drag-out but an honest
to goodness headlong effort to win against
odds.
In the second period the Christian cagers
scored 16 points to 4 for their oppononts.
W. Adams coming into the game for C.
Drown guarded like a demon and Chili
Adams and George Drown at guards did
great work not only on tho defense but
accounted for a total of 12 of the team's
points.
Nunnally forward led the scoring for
Howard Payne by counting two field goals
and three foul throws. George Drown
guard with 9 points lead the Wildcat
crew. Long shots by Payne's guards ac-
counted for tho victory. The lost Wild
cat basket was rung in the last three sec-
onds of play.
During the second half both teams
dashed about the court apparently with
but one thought and that to win or bust.
For a few minutes personal fouls came
thick -and fast Howard Payne being as-
sessed eight and A. C. C. fivo during the
entire game. It seemed for a time that
it would be impossible for either team to
gain a substantial lead and although the
Christians lead was none too substantial
hard fighting finally brought tho victory.
Ciianey guard the champion sprinter
of the T. I. A. A. was again a thorn in
the flesh of the Christians. He counted only
one point but tho work that he did on
the defense and in working the ball down
the court was valuable Cook did good
work at guard as did Nunnally at for.
ward.
The win crided the basketball season
for A. C. C. and Coach Payne will be
gin baseball work Monday.
Abilene Christian College's first sea
son in the T. I. A. A. has been fully grati-
fying with four losses and six victories in
conference games for the final percentage
of 600. None of the members of this sea-
son's team will be lost by graduation al-
though Dob Vaughn center plans going to
a medical school In the middle west next
Jail.
The line-ups: A. C. C Cantrell (c) and
C. Drown forwards; Vaughn center; L.
Adams and G. Drown guards. Howard
Payne Butcher and Nunnally forwards;
Gainer center; Chancy and Cook guards.
Substitutions W. Adams for C. Drown
Martin for Dutcher.
Scoring; Field goals G Drown 4 L.
Adams 2 Vaughn 2 Cantrell 2 Cook 2
Dutcher 1 Nunnally 2. Foul throws
Chancy Nunnally 3 W. Adams Cantrell
Vaughn L. Adams C. Drown
Fouls: Personal W. Adams 2 Can-
trell 2 L. Adams Cook 3 Chaney 2
Dutcher Nunnally 2.
Referee Medley (Missouri Wesleyan.)
COLLEGE DAYS.
By J. W.
Like an oasis of waving palms
In the desert they seem to me;
Like an isle In a turbulent river
Liko a calm in a stormy sea.
Stay on and on forever
A whisper seems to say
Dut the great wide world of busy men
Keeps calling me away.
My friends are true and faithful
I lean on the arms of the strong
My days are filled with gladness
And life is a beautiful song.
Yet I long to set out with the caravan
On its sun-lit and star-lit trail
1 long to shoot the rapids
And face the raging gale.
For though a voice of sweet desire
Would fain persuade me to stay
The great wide world of busy men
Keeps calling me away.
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Brother Key went to Dronte last Sunday.
He report good interest.
evening in order to finish above the 500
mark.
The Yellow Jackets have lost two to the
Cowboys by scores of 19 to 15 and 33 to
13 while the Wildcats split with them by
the scores of 22 to 9 and 15 to 19. Coach
Shelton has been putting his men through
workouts each afternoon and evening in
tho effort to make a clean sweep of the
Abilene series.)
With tho tale of the season almost told
it looks as if there will be no undisputed
claim to tho suprcmccy of tho circuit for
the Southwestern team is already represent-
ing itself as being at the head of the con-
ference in press reports sent out from
Georgetown while San Marcos is claiming
second place. Doth theso teams are pre-
sumably leaving Canyon out of their con-
sideration because of the fact that tho West
Texans will have but eight games In the
association. This fact carries some weight
but no one who has seen the West Texans
in action doubt very heavily their ability
to step with any team of the association.
Canyon will claim the unofficial cham-
pionship on tho basis of tho number of
games won and lost while Soutiiwestcrn
will claim first place if she wins the re-
mainder of her games on the ground of
having won 10 of 12 contests instead of
only 7 of 0 as is the Canyon team's
record.
i Draw Own Opinion
Basketball followers will bo left to draw
their own opinions for the association it-
self chooses no official champions.
Tho standing of the teams including
Wednesday evening's games:
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Canyon Teachers ............. 7
i Southwestern U. ................ 6
San Marcos 7
Simmons ............. 9
A. C. C 6
Denton Teachers ........... 4
Sam Houston ................. 4
East Texas. 3
Howard Payne .................... 2
Austin 1
Former Ag&io Star
Now Wildcat Coach
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team in hitting and in earned runs in 1921
and 1923.
Morris has had good success as a coach
this year at Greenville Ho camo to the
high school there after tho football team
had played and lost one game. There were
no veteran football players In school. He
had only two oi three men who barely let-
tered during thq previous season around
which to build a team. After he began
work with the boys they lost but ono game
and that was at tho end of his first week's
work with them. After that tho team play-
ed and won fivo games. Ho comes highly
recommended by both tho Greenville and
the Texas A. and M. College officials.
The newly selected Coach will take the
place of Victor Payne whose resignation
takes effect at tho end of the present school
year. Ho will bo called upon to take the
Wildcat teams through the stiffest sched-
ules ever given tho teams here. Dcginning
the football season with Howard I'ayno
College In a gamo to bo played at Drown-
wood tho Christian team will play a total
of fivo T. I. A. A. games. These will bo
with Daniel Baker College here on Thanks-
giving Day Trinity University at Waxa-
hachic East Texas Normal at Commerce
and West Texas Teachers at Canyon. In
addition games with Clarendon College
John Tarlcton Agricultural College and
Wayland College and probably tho Uni-
versity of Dallas will be played.
Tho student body Is almost unanimous
in tho belief that the selection is the wisest
possible and that the college officials are
fortunate in obtaining a men so peculiarly
fitted for the place.
It Is understood that Coach Morris will
have as his assistant coach Guy Scruggs
known to many students and ex-students
of A. C. C. as a former star three-letter
athlete for Thorp Springs Christian Col-
lege. He is now principal of tho High
School at Munday Texas having been
connected with that school for the past
three years. He has shown marked abil-
ity as both Coach and teacher and will do
some teaching in tho academy here. Coach
Morris it is understood will reside on tho
campus and do a little teaching. Scruggs
Is best known perhaps for his ability as
a baseball pitcher. He also is known to
be a very heady and talented basketball
and football man.
Coach Morris has studied coaching sys-
tems under Coach D. X. Bible of Texas
A. and M. in all sports including track
and basketball and therefore is fitted to
coach all the major college games.
PADEREWSKI TO APPEAR
IN CONCERT IN ABILENE
Students of Abilene Christian College
along with all other music lovers in Abi-
lene will hove a chance to hear the world
renowned Padcrewski musician and poli-
tician In a concert at tho First Baptist
church on Saturday night. Ho will appear
in concert in Abilene as one of seventy
concerts he is giving in a tour of tho Uni-
ted States. Tho tour will end In Now
York somo timo in May from which place
ho will sail for his summer home in Swlucr.
land.
From the latest information obtainable
all scats have been sold for the perform-
ance and only standing room is now available.
It Is hard for us to decido which has
tho moro cnvlablo record: George Drown
who shot fivo field goals from his position
at stationary guard Tuesday night or Harry
Porter who has had tho courago to ride
in tho back seat of a Ford twice with John
Davis at the helm.
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DY "PREXY" ANDERSON.
"All's well that ends well" quoth some
sage of tho dim and distant past. I reckon
ho guessed it since nothing you can think
of would have been much better than the
results of that joint program put on by
the Wildcats and Yellow Jackets Monday
and Tuesday nights.
Pet.
1 .875
2 .750
3 .700
4 .692
4 .600
6 .400
6 .400
5 .375
4 333
11 .089
Those two victories brought us out of
tho fifty-fifty class and enabled us to finish
the season with a percentage of .600 a
performance not to be sniggered at con-
sidering that this is our first season in
the T. I. A. A.
Cantrell sorter had an off night Mon-
day. He found tho basket only seven
times from tho floor and rung up two or
three free markers.
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HARD EARNED WAGES.
An artist who was employed to renovate
and retouch the great oil paintings in an
old church In Belgium rendered a bill of
$67.30 for his services. The church wor-
dens however required an itemized bill
and the following was presented audited
and paid:
For correcting the ten commandments
$5.12.
For renewing heaven and adjusting
stars $7.14.
For touching up Purgatory and restoring
lost souls $3.06.
For brightening up tho flames of Hell
putting a new tail on tho devil and doing
odd jobs for the damned $7.17.
For putting new stone in David's sling
and enlarging head of Goliath $6.13
For mending shirt of prodigal son and
cleaning his ear $339.
For embellishing Fortius Pilate and
putting new ribbon in his bonnet $3.02.
For putting new tail and comb on St.
Peter's Rooster $2.20.
For replumlng and regllding left wing
of Guardian Angel $5.18.
For washing tho servant of tho high
priest and putting carmine on his cheeks
$5.02.
For rt4Alng the spots off the son of
Tobias $1030.
For putting earrings in Sarrah's ears
$526.
For decorating Noah's Ark and new
head on Shem 431.
Total $6730.
Although Chaney didn't figure very
heavy in the scoring he managed to keep
our guards considerably worried by his
speedy foot work. When they have a track
meet at Howard Payne the question con-
cerning the dashes isn't "Who won?" but
"How far behind was the second man?"
Walter Adams and Cliff Drown have
been getting some valuable training in the
rules of etiquette lately. They say they
don't mind giving a lady their arm but
they'll be blanked if they appreciate the
idea of showing a couple of Yellow Jackets
around tho court for a couple of nights.
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The slimy crew came out of the kinks
during the past week and defeated the
Sophomore and Junior teams. In spite of
these great accomplishments we of the
more highly refined class opine that their
rooters should take the victory more like
gentlemen instead of raising so much dis-
turbance by their cheering.
Tho Yellow Cottage Is now run In true
military style. Everyone works eats rises
etc according to bugle calls. We are living
in the hope that Thomas the boy who toots
said horn will in the course of time learn
to blow taps.
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BANK
OF ABILENE
AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DEC. 31 1923
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $1889101.42
Dank Dldg. & Fixtures 4165300
Other Real Estate 15670.14
United States Donds 13848130
Federal Reserve Dank
Stock 730000
Other Donds 81869.76
CASH
Due from U. S.
Treas. 5000.00
Due from Danks
& in vault 1635477.16 1640477.16
LIAD1L1TIES
Capital Stock
Surplus and Profits
Dividends Unpaid .
Circulation
Rediscounts
Dills Payable
200000.00
58415.93
10000.00
99100.00
NONE
NONE
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Other Dorrowed Money
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Individual $1600748.90
Dank Deps. 171566653
Other Depts. J30.821.62 3447237.03
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 21, 1924, newspaper, February 21, 1924; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91283/m1/4/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.